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THE  STORY 

OF  THE 

STADIUM 


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'We  have  a  heritage  from  the  Illini  Indian — the  Great  Heart,  the  fighting  spirit' 


AN  INDIAN  TBJBE  BEGAN  IT  A 
LONG  TIME  AGO 

LISTEN  to  the  historian,  and  learn  what  manner  of  man  lived  where 
^d  today  is  Burrill  avenue,  Green  street,  and  the  Boneyard  .... 
The  Illini  Indian,  he  was  called,  and  he  was  a  hunter,  and  a  fighter, 
and  more  generous  in  war  and  in  peace  than  his  neighbors,  the  Shawnees, 
the  Iroquois,  the  Sioux,  the  Chippewas,  and  the  Kickapoos. 

He  was  an  individualist,  and  his  children,  whom  he  loved,  were  given 
freedom  to  grow  as  they  willed,  only  they  had  to  be  brave  and  self-denying, 
and  each  had  to  find  his  god — his  Manitou — to  protect  and  inspire  him; 
for  this  was  the  law  of  the  tribe. 

Never  were  people  better  made  than  the  Illini,  said  a  traveler  who  ob- 
served them.  "They  are  neither  large  nor  small  ....  They  have  tapering 
legs  which  carry  their  bodies  well,  with  a  very  haughty  step,  and  as 
graceful  as  the  best  dancer.  The  visage  is  fairer  than  white  milk  so  far  as 
savages  of  this  country  can  have  such.  The  teeth  are  the  best  arranged 
and  the  whitest  in  the  world.     They  are  vivacious  .  .  .  ." 

Although  they  had  religious  ceremonies,  they  were  "too  well  off  to  be 
really  pious,"  and  to  none  of  their  deities  did  the  Illini  attribute  moral 
good  or  evil. 

No  temples  have  these  ancient  Indians  left  us,  and  no  books.      But 
we  have  a  heritage  from  them,  direct  through  the  pioneers  who 
fought  them  and  learned  to  know  them.    It  is  the  Great  Heart, 
the  fighting  spirit,  the  spirit  of  individualism,  of  teaching 
our  children  to  be  free  but  brave  and  to  have  a  God — for 
these  are  the  laws  of  our  tribe.  t 

See  us  today  living  vitally  in  our  heritage.  2k/ 

Watch  us  play  football;  see  us  on   the  M 

cinder  track,  on  the  base-  >C 

ball  diamond  ....    We  are 
different,  somehow,  we  of  i  Jk 

uniquely  ourselves.  ^^fr*^^^ 

"He  was  an  individualist" 


But  how  can  we  express  this  self  of  ours — this  character  which  we  have 
inherited  from  the  Illini  Indian  and  from  our  pioneer  forefathers?  How 
can  we  leave  a  mark  of  it  which  will  never  be  forgotten — a  mark  with 
beauty,  with  distinction,  with   truth? 

Beauty  is  old,  and  truth  is  old.  Greece  knew  it,  and  so  did  Rome, 
thousands  of  years  ago.  And  for  great  expression  of  great  things  the 
world  has  always  gone  back  to  the  spirits  which  built  the  Dionysian 
Temple,   the  Parthenon,  and  the  Colosseum. 

And  so  do  we  go  back  into  the  dim  ages  that  tomorrow  a  white  magnifi- 
cence— a  Stadium — may  tell  the  world  that  we  of  Illinois  have  fought  and 
died  for  our  country  and  fought  and  lived  for  our  fellow  men. 

There  will  be  a  court  of  honor  for  every  hero  who  died  in  the  war  and  a 
great  recreation  field  to  bring  greater  vigor  and  life  to  our  young  men  and 
women. 

And  there  will  be  a  vast  enclosure  where  seventy-five  thousand  may  see 
twenty-two  men  in  the  heat  of  sportsmanlike  conflict  or,  as  the  May  sun 
sets,  many  maids  in  harmonious  and  rhythmic  welcome  to  the  springtime. 


LEO  KLEIN,  '18 

"The  Stadium!  What 
could  more  fittingly  be- 
speak the  spirit  and  tra- 
ditions of  Illinois  since 
its  inception?  No  grander 
monument  to  those  who 
gave  their  lives  in  the  great 
conflict  ould  be  built." 


GEORGE  HALAS,  '18 

"/  think  the  Stadium  drive 
is  the  greatest  undertaking 
in  the  history  of  the  Uni- 
versity and  that  its  success 
or  failure  will  determine 
whether  Illinois  wilt  be 
greater  than  ever  or  will 
^atl  back." 


DAVID  H. 
CARNAHAN,  '96 
"Teaching  the  classics  has 
brought  me  closer  to  a 
higher  view  of  athletics 
rather  than  drawn  me 
away.  I  believe  in  the 
greatness  of  the  idea  of 
the  Stadium." 


DEWEY  ALBERTS,  '21 

"We  students  feel  more 
keenly  than  anyone  the 
need  for  a  powerful  alumni 
mor'.l  support,  both  in  our 
studies  and  in  our  activi- 
ties. The  Stadium  should 
consolidate  such  an  alumni 
s  u  pport . ' ' 


FRED  (Louie) 
LOWENTHAL.  01 
"What  good  member  o. 
the  tribe  can  see  in  the 
Stadium  anything  but  a 
visible  sign  of  and  a  sacred 
shrine  to  an  invisible 
thing — the  spirit  of  the 
Illini?" 


MANY  MEN  LIVED  AND  LEARNED 

HEKE 

WHILE  you  are  sitting  back  in  your  chair,  reading  these  pages,  your 
alma  mater  will  be  making  the  last  move  to  accommodate  a  regis- 
tration of  4,000  freshmen. 

It's  a  far  cry  from  4,000  freshmen  and  1 1 ,000  students  to  200  freshmen 
and  some  500  students. 

It's  a  far  cry  from  the  days  when  healthy  young  spirits  expressed 
themselves  by  wrecking  the  corridors  of  Uni  Hall,  by  throwing  "eye- 
water," and  by  kidnapping,  abetted  by  eggs  and  chemicals,  young 
swains  from  the  freshman  dance  downtown — from  those  days  to  these 
days  when  every  tennis  court  is  alive  with  flanneled  youngsters,  when  every 
block  of  the  south  campus  is  the  scene  of  a  football  or  baseball  game, 
when  the  gymnasium  is  swarming  with  vigorous  figures,  and  the  swim- 
ming tank  and  the  outdoor  track  are  pictures  of  strenuous,  shouting 
activity. 

And  yet  this  miracle  has  occurred  in  only  twenty-five  years. 

To  most  of  you  twenty-five  years  ago  is  a  long  time  ago,  but  to  some 
of  you  it  seems  only  yesterday. 

Yesterday,  when  the  first  class  rush  broke  out  spontaneously  in  old 
Uni  Hall,  when  clothes  were  ripped  from  backs. 


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.   ''Yesterday,  when  we  had  the  color  rush,  as  exciting  as  an 
Indian  fight,  and  almost  as  dangerous" 


Yesterday,  when  we  had  the  color  rush,  as  exciting  as  an  Indian  fight, 
and   almost   as  dangerous. 

Yesterday,  when  Dr.  Peabody,  speaking  in  chapel,  proudly  announced 
the  dedication  of  the  new  Military  Hall,  at  a  cost  of  $15,000,  "the  fittest 
building  for  its  purpose  in  the  northwest,  and,  so  far  as  I  have  seen, 
in  this  country,"  and  added,  when  the  Natural  History  Building  was 
finished,  "if  we  can  have  only  one  more  building,  it's  as  much  as  the 
University  can  ever  hope  to  attain!" 

Yesterday,  when  you  got  so  excited  to  find  the  College  of  Engineer- 
ing leaping  in  growth— adding  250  students  to  the  enrollment! 

Yesterday,  when  the  main  social  feature  at  the  University  was  the 
annual  declamation  contest  between  Adelphic  and  Philomathean,  and 
when  the  only  real  student  dance  of  the  year  was  the  Senior  Ball,  held  at  the 
old  Walker  Opera  House,  when  they  put  a  false  floor  over  the  dress  circle 
seats  and  everybody  danced  on  a  level  with  the  stage. 

Yesterday,  when  Dr.  Burrill  took  a  deep  breath  and  asked  the  state 
legislature  for  $551,000  to  build  a  library,  an  engineering  hall,  and  a 
museum,  and  was  delighted  when  he  got  $295,700,  for  it  was  twice  as 
much  as  the  University  had  received  ever  before. 

Yesterday,  when  Dr.  Burrill  complained  that  there  were  too  few 
women  at  the  University;  when  he  demanded  an  auditorium,  an  agricul- 
tural building,  a  law  building,  an  observatory;  when  Dr.  Draper  be- 
came our  first  president  and  the  registration  began  to  leap  into  the 
thousands,  and  the  co-ed  became  an  institution. 

Yesterday,  when  the  names  of  David  Kinley,  T.  A.  Clark,  H.J.  Barton, 
A.  H.  Daniels,  L.  P.  Breckenridge,  E.  B.  Greene,  J.  M.  White,  and  D.  K. 
Dodge  were  new  names  .... 


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GEORGE 
KREDERICKSON.  '94 

"The  Memorial  Stadium 
and  Recreation  Field  at 
Illinois  is  a  wonderful 
undertaking.  The  Sta- 
dium must  be  built  and 
should  be  the  largest 
and  best  in  the  world.'' 


R.  L.  (Kink) 
SANDERS,  '14 

"The  Stadium  is  Illinois' 
only  method  of  giving  her 
students  their  just  physical 
education,  to  retain  her 
athletic  supremacy  and  to 
commemorate  her  heroes  in 
the  Great  War." 


H.  H.  McCURDY 

"Building  the  Stadium 
is  the  greatest  thing  we 
can  do  to  immortalize  in 
the  minds  of  the  students, 
the  alumni,  and  the  people 
of  the  Stale,  the  memory  of 
the  men  who  made  the 
supreme  sacrifice." 


ALFRED  SMART.  '17 

"The  greatest  incentive 
for  upholding  past  honors 
and  creating  new  ones  will 
be  the  erection  of  that 
which  will  become  a  by- 
word in  collegiate  athletics, 
the  Illinois  Memorial  Sta- 
dium." 


AND  TODAY  IT  S WARMS  WITH 
VIGOROUS  YOUTH 


SEE  them  going  to  their  eight-o'clocks.  From  a  radius  of  more  than  a 
mile  around  the  campus  the  streets  swarm  with  them.  The  campus 
walks  are  crowded.     There  is  haste;  there  is  laughter;  there  is  life. 

It  is  autumn,  and  the  streets  are  thick  with  golden  maple  leaves.  (Do 
you  remember  the  maple  leaves  in  the  fall?)  The  last  bell  has  rung,  and 
the  tardy  ones  are  making  a  last  running  spurt — and  now  the  campus  is 
almost  deserted. 

Pause  under  an  open  window  in  Uni  Hall.  Glance  in;  some  of  them 
may  see  you  and  giggle,  but  most  of  them  are  absorbed.  They  are  hearing 
that  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  had  a  brave  and  beautiful  soul;  this  is  known 
as  the  study  of  literature. 

Stroll  over  to  the  Engineering  building.  Pause  outside  an  open  door. 
How  absorbed  they  are,  these  youths  from  farm  and  suburb  and  slum! 
With  pencil  and  paper  they  are  learning  to  build  bridges  and  homes  and 
skyscrapers,  that  life  may  be  smoother  and  better  for  the  rest  of  us. 

And  in  the  Natural  History  building,  in  Lincoln  Hall,  in  the  Ag 
building  and  the  Commerce  building,  boys  and  girls — yesterday's  children 
and  tomorrow's  men  and  women — are  studying  the  past  that  they  may 
be  the  makers  of  the  future. 

Eleven  thousand  of  them  ....  filling  51  buildings  ....  covering  1229 
acres  of  ground  .... 


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}  esterday  s  children  and  tomorrow's  men  and  women" 


"The  last  bell  has  rung  ....  and  now  the  campus  is  almost  deserted" 


Go  out  to  the  football  field  in  the  afternoon  and  feel  again  breath- 
less suspense  as  you  watch  varsity  practice,  feel  again  hopes  and  fears. 

Drop  into  the  new  plant  of  the  I  Hint  on  Green  Street  and  watch  the 
big  presses  turn  out  the  greatest  college  newspaper  in  America;  see  the 
Associated  Press  reports  come  in;  see  the  scores  of  young  reporters  intent 
on  making  good.    Tomorrow^  these  children  will  sway  governments. 

See  Homecoming  again;  you  make  it  the  biggest  day  of  the  year  for 
them,  and  they  make  it  the  biggest  day  of  the  year  for  you.  The  mass 
meeting.     Hobo    band.     The   big   game. 

And  the  winter,  with  examinations,  basketball,  the  Prom,  the  Ag 
Dance,  the  Military  Ball,  and  the  rest  of  it. 

And  spring,  writh  the  haze  of  morning  sunshine  over  the  campus. 
Tennis  from  dawn  to  sunset;  quiet  strolls  in  the  evening,  often  with  girls; 
baseball  and  peanuts  and  victory  for  Illinois;  military  drill,  a  magnificent 
sight  with  thousands  of  cadets;  the  band  concert  in  the  gloaming. 

Can't  you  see  it  all  over  again?  Interscholastic,  and  the  Circus. 
Has  ever  any  student  not  laughed  at  the  Circus?  And  the  May  fete,  with 
the  red  sun  sinking  over  the  old  wrest  bleachers  and  the  long  shadows  of 
hundreds  of  girls,  costumed  in  many  colors,  shifting  gracefully  about  the 
beribboned  May-poles,  and,  while  the  band  plays  as  evening  approaches, 
dancing  a  welcome  to  May  and  to  summer. 

And  then,  Commencement  .... 

And,  after  that,  memories — memories  clustered  mainly  around  old 
Illinois  Field  .... 


E.  D.  (Dave)  BROWN. 
'21 

"/  carried  the  Stadium 
slogan  on  a  touring  car 
from  Urbana  to  Pasadena, 
California,  and  hack.  I 
only  wish  I  could  have 
carried  it  arou  nd  the 
world." 


RALPH  WOODS,  '17' 
"/  never  met  an  alumnus 
of  a  University  that  has 
built  a  Stadium  who 
wasn't  glad  that  he  had  a 
Part  in  the  movement. 
I  shall  be  glad  to  do  alt 
I  can  for  the  Illinois 
Stadium." 


SVEN  DUNER,  15  ' 
"A  Stadium  that  wilt 
enable  the  athletic  offi- 
cers to  carry  out  'G' 
Huff's  intra-mural  sys- 
tem is  certainty  a  worthy 
Project,  to  say  nothing 
of  the  be  nefit  to  varsity 
athletics." 


JUST  A  M . 
LINDGREN,  '02 
"Our  subscription  to  the 
Stadium  fund  is  an  ex- 
pression of  gratitude  to 
the  brave  men  who  died 
for  us  and  to  our  alma 
mater  who  has  done  so 
much  for  us." 


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ILLINOIS  FIELD  IS  A  BATTERED  VET- 
ERAN, GRACEFULLY  RESIGNING 

IT  IS  hard  to  say  when  the  first  game  of  baseball  was  played  on  the 
old  fair  grounds  between  First,  Fourth  and  John  Streets  and  Armory 
Avenue,  but  it  must  have  been  a  long,  long  time  ago.  We  do  know,  how- 
ever, that  in  the  old  days,  up  to  1888,  Illinois  teams  played  baseball  there 
and  that  track  meets  were  held  there  and  that  the  first  football  game  ever 
played  by  the  University  and  the  first  game  ever  played  in  the  Twin 
Cities  was  played  there. 

And  then  in  1888,  when  baseball  and  oratory  were  the  only  fields  of 
contest  among  colleges,  a  baseball  game  was  played  on  what  is  now  Illinois 
field.  The  diamond  was  located  in  the  northeast  corner  of  what  is  now  the 
football  gridiron.  There  were  no  fences  and  there  were  no  tickets  of  ad- 
mission. You  wore  a  tag  and  they  let  you  in.  Proudly  the  students 
trooped  to  the  games  in  those  days,  several  hundred  strong,  feeling  that 
with  the  overwhelming  might  of  their  numbers  they  would  inspire  their 
team  to  victory. 

Still  more  proudly  did  they  march  in  the  spring  of  1891  into  the  first 
athletic  field,  a  tiny  field  compared  with  Illinois  Field  of  today,  a  field 
whose  south  boundary  was  just  south  of  the  big  tree  on  the  present  field 
and  whose  north  boundary  was  150  feet  south  of  University  Avenue,  a 
field  on  which  still  stood  the  ruins  of  the  first  building  of  our  University. 
They  used  the  stones  from  this  ruin  as  a  basis  for  the  new  baseball  diamond 
by  spreading  six  inches  of  earth  over  them. 

What  a  great  project  it  was  in  those  days  to  build  that  first  athletic 
field!  How  important  the  wooden  palings  seemed,  at  $8  a  thousand  feet! 
The  lumber  was  bought;  and  merchants,  students  and  faculty  united 
enthusiastically  to  raise  the  money.  The  grandstand,  seating  300  people, 
was  the  pride  of  the  undergraduate  body.  And  then  William  B.  McKinley 
donated  some  money  and  a  track  was  built!  Mr.  McKinley  owned  the 
waterworks  and  allowed  the  committee,  of  which  G.  Huff  was  a  member,  to 
take  cinders,  and  from  these  cinders  was  made  the  track  which  made 
history  in  the  annals  of  American  athletics. 

How  surprised  everyone  was  when  this  field  with  its  fine  grandstand 
and  its  track  proved  inadequate.    How  anxious  everyone  was  about  enlarg- 


"The  grandstand,  seating  300  people,  zcas  the  pride  of  the  undergraduate  body" 

ing  it,  and  how  pleased  they  were  when  the  north  fence  was  extended  to 
University  Avenue.  And  yet  it  was  not  large  enough. 

Finally,  in  1905,  the  field  was  extended  to  Springfield  Avenue,  the 
bleachers  were  consecrated  for  baseball  games,  a  new  gridiron  was  installed, 
and  the  first  football  bleachers  were  built.  In  1914,  our  football  bleachers 
could  seat  4,000  people.  But  even  that  was  not  enough,  and  twice  they 
have  been  enlarged.  Since  then,  standing-room  platforms  have  been  built 
at  the  south  end  of  the  field. 

The  present  capacity  of  Illinois  Field  is  17,000.  Standing  room  at  the 
south  end  adds  3,000,  which  makes  a  total  of  20,000; and  that  number  of 
people  attended  the  Ohio  State  game — a  game  which  more  than  50,000 
people  wanted  to  see,  and  would  have  seen  if  there  had  been  room  for  them. 

It  is  a  long  time  since  a  handful  of  students  watched  Scott  Williams' 
first  football  game,  when  he  played  wearing  a  derby  hat  (at  first),  until 


.-/  tiny  field  compared  tcith  Illinois  Field  of  today" 


today  when  there  are  thousands  of  students,  alumni  and  friends  of  the 
University  who  are  turned  away  from  every  big  game. 

Illinois  Field,  beginning  modestly  and,  like  Topsy,  just  "growing," 
has  served  its  purposes  nobly.  Lithe  youngsters  have  raced  about  on  its 
cinders,  have  leaped  across  its  turf  and  have  hurled  weights  over  its  green. 
Skillful  and  speedy  youngsters  have  batted  balls  and  run  bases  and  learned 
discipline  of  team  work  on  its  diamond.  Sturdy  youngsters  have  hurled 
their  bodies,  have  zig-zagged  with  machine-like  accuracy  through  the 
sinister  opposing  line,  hugging  a  leather  ball  to  their  bosoms  across  its 
gridiron. 

Many  thrilling  moments  has  Illinois  Field  seen,  many  acts  of  heroism. 
It  has  taught  thousands  upon  thousands  of  the  youth  of  America  self- 
denial,  courage,  freedom — it  has  developed  the  Great  Heart,  the  fighting 
spirit.  It  has  seen  years  like  1915,  where  we  won  at  once  football,  baseball, 
track  and  basketball  championships — years  like  1914,  where  we  won 
baseball,  track  and  football  championships — years  like  those  between  1900 
and  1921  where  about  two-thirds  of  the  baseball  championships  were  won 
by  Illini. 

Few  fields  in  the  history  of  the    United   States   can    parallel   the 
record  of  the  victories  of  Illinois  Field. 

And  now  Illinois  Field,  a  battered  veteran,  is  ready  to  resign.  Greater 
multitudes  than  it  ever  dreamed  of  are  wanting  to  see  our  teams  in  action. 
The  rumbling  demand  of  these  multitudes  is  rising;  it  cannot  be  ignored. 

It  is  not  being  ignored.  They  shall  have  what  they  want,  for  it  is  a 
good  thing  that  they  want.  Reluctantly  shall  we  leave  Illinois  Field, 
and  with  tender  memories.  Proudly  will  we  march  to  the  new  Stadium — 
with  a  greater,  finer  outlook  for  the  future. 

And  the  human  tie,  the  personality,  which  will  keep  in  us  the  glow  of 
the  past  and  lift  us  bravely  into  the  future  is  "G"  Huff. 


FRANK  B.  (Shortyt 
LONG.  '87 
"All  Universities  re- 
quire some  big  thing,  the 
doing  of  which  will  unite 
students,  alumni,  faculty 
and  friends  —  something 
they  can  feel  is  their  own 
work.  For  Illinois,  the 
Memorial  Stadium  is  the 
thing." 


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OTTO  VOGEL,  '23 
"It  is  a  great  inspiration 
to  a  varsity  team  to  play 
in  a  splendid  Stadium. 
It  consolidates  team  spirit 
and  makes  the  playing 
more  intense  and  tri- 
umphant. For  that  and 
many  other  reasons,  I  am 
strong  for  the  Stadium 
idea." 


JAMES  Q. 
PETTIGREW.  "09 
"Of  tale  years  Illinois  has 
taken  her  place  in  the 
front  rank  in  athletic 
achievements,  and  it  is 
a  fitting  tribute  to  her 
athletic  supremacy  to  build 
a  magnificent  Stadium 
within  which  to  hold  the 
various  contests." 


EDWIN  B.  STYLES.  '12 

"There  is  nothing  too  good 
for  the  athletic  teams  of 
Illinois  that  uphold  her 
prestige  in  fields  that  her 
graduates  enter  and  seek 
to  conquer.  The  teams  do 
the  publicity  that  puts  the 
alumni  on  the  map  with- 
out an  introduction." 


C.   J.    MOYNIHAN.    '08 

"Itlini  sportsmanship  de- 
serves a  lasting  monu- 
ment, both  as  a  tribute  to 
its  past  and  as  an  inspira- 
tion for  its  future.  The 
Stadium  will  ensure  this. 
The  question  is  not  'Do  I 
favor  it?'  but  '  What  is 
the  most  I  can  give?'  " 


BERT  W.  (Happy) 
ADSIT,    01 

"Illinois  should  have  a 
Stadium  in  keeping  with 
her  athletic  eminence.  It 
is  important  that  facilities 
for  athletic  training  be 
given,  not  only  to  those  who 
may  represent  the  Uni- 
versity on  her  athletic 
teams,  but  to  the  student 
body  at  large.  I  most 
heartily  approve  of  your 
plan  for  general  athletics." 


M.  G.  DAOANT.  08 
"We.  Illini  alumni,  should 
certainly  be  a  unit  in  get- 
ting behind  the  Stadium 
Project  not  only  in  com- 
memoration for  our  'Fight- 
ing Illini'  but  that  ILLI- 
NOIS may  stand  at  the 
fore  in  furthering  wr 
State's  and  our  N alien's 
development,  physically  as 
well  as  mentally." 


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J.  T.  (Swede) 
HANLEY.  *10 

"The  Memorial  Stadium 
is  the  biggest  and  grandest 
thing  ever  suggested  by  the 
alumni  of  our  University, 
and  no  red-blooded  Illini 
will  be  content  to  be  doing 
anything  short  of  his  ut- 
most for  its  successful 
realization." 


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A.  R.  (Artie)  HALL.  01 
"Years  in  Illinois  athlet- 
ics show  me  our  great 
Stadium,  not  only  as  a 
fitting  memorial  to  our 
warrior  dead,  but  as  a 
living  opportunity  to  re- 
pay, in  part,  our  debt 
to  Illinois  by  contributing 
towards  the  well-being  of 
student  thousands  yet  to 
come." 


BART  MACOMBER. 
'17 
"The  Stadium  will  beau- 
tify the  campus  and  glad- 
den all  Illinois  hearts. 
The  massive  structure  can- 
not help  but  signify  the 
great  appreciation  of  all 
of  us  for  our  Alma  Ma- 
ter." 


E.  A.  (Prep)  WHITE. '08 
"For  a  greater  Illinois! 
In  its  beauty,  size  and 
utility,  the  Stadium  will 
typify  the  service  which 
the  entire  institution  is 
rendering  to  the  State  and 
Nation.  It  is  entirely 
fitting  that  this  edifice  be 
erected  by  the  men  and 
women  who  do  now  or  who 
hope  to  call  Illinois  'Alma 
Mater'  ." 


PHIL  M.  SPINK.  '20 

' '  From  the  plans  pro- 
jected, it  would  appear 
that  this  Stadium  will  be 
a  classic.  It  will  do  a 
great  deal  more  in  attract- 
ing all  types  of  genius  to 
the  University  than  the 
poor  old  out-of-date  ath- 
letic field  which  it  has  been 
our  lot  to  display  to  pro- 
spective  students." 


FRED  B.  CORTIS. 
13 

"The  Stadium  will  fill  a 
long-felt  need,  and  wilt 
also  serve  as  a  lasting 
memorial  to  the  Illinois 
men  who  fell  in  the  war. 
I  am  sure  it  will  serve  as 
an  inspiration  to  all  Illi- 
nois men  in  the  years  to 
come." 


LION  GARDINER,    09 

"The  University  has  given 
us  more  than  we  can  ever 
repay;  it  is  stilt  giving  us 
riches  in  memories  and 
recollections  and  wilt  con- 
tinue to  do  so  while  we  live. 
It  is  only  right  that  we 
should  be  called  upon  to 
assist  in  building  a  Sta- 
dium which  will  add  to 
the  glory  and  dignity  of 
Illinois." 


DON  S.  JOHNS.  17 
"A  Stadium  assures  the 
perpetuation  of  the  high 
standards  of  sportsman- 
ship for  which  our  Uni- 
versity has  so  long  been 
credited  by  the  athletic 
world.  You  may  rest 
assured  that  when  the  big 
drive  starts.  I  shall  line 
up  with  the  rest  of  the 
loyal  Illini." 


"RVSS"  WHARTON. 
•22 

"The  finest  memory  in 
most  men 's  lives  is  the 
four  years  they  spent  in 
college.  The  more  college 
spirit,  the  finer  the  mem- 
ory. The  Stadium  will 
make  Illinois  men  as 
proud  as  any  alumni  in 
the  world  to  talk  of  their 
college  days." 


HARRY  CLAY 
COFFEEN.  "98 

"Financing  this  Stadium 
should  be  the  first  step  on  a 
program  of  One  Million 
Dollars  to  Illinois,  every 
two  years,  from  her  sons 
and  daughters  as  part  pay- 
ment for  their  free  educa- 
tion.   We  dare  not  fail." 


SCOTT  WILLIAMS.  '94 
"The  little  old  school  we 
loved  so  well  provided  for 
athletics  on  a  scale  ade- 
quate to  the  needs  of  the 
times.  The  magnificent 
University  of  today  will 
do  the  same.  Nothing 
short  of  the  Stadium  can 
meet  requirements." 


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From  a  bas-relief  by  Antonio  M.  Paterjio,  '21,  Philippine  Islands 

"G"  HUFF 


"CHUFF  HAD  A  VISION  AND 
7000  YOUNG  HEARTS  SHARED  IT 

THEY  will  tell  you,  around  the  table  at  the  University  Club,  or  in  those 
faculty  offices  where  there  are  but  two  desks,  or  perhaps  only  one, 
and  where  the  names  of  the  occupants  are  printed  austerely  on  the  door, 
that  when  G.  Huff  speaks,  the  "powers  that  be"  listen  with  marked  respect 
and  consideration.  And  they  will  tell  you  that  this  is  not  particularly 
because  G.  Huff  was  the  greatest  college  baseball  coach  in  America,  or 
because  he  is  today  the  finest  athletic  director. 

A  professor  of  engineering  once  shifted  his  feet,  mussed  his  hair,  and 
wrinkled  his  brow  prodigiously.  "G.  Huff?  I'm  not  good  at  the 
flowery  stuff,  but  G.  Huff — well,  he's  strong  on  foundations,  and,  best  of 
all,  when  he  gets  a  foundation  done,  he  realizes  that  he's  beginning  not 
finished." 

A  Ph.D.  in  the  classics  looked  up  with  interest  from  his  copy  of  Sopho- 
cles when  the  name  of  George  Huff  was  mentioned.  "I  often  wonder  if 
Mr.  Huff  has  read  Greek  drama,"  he  remarked,  "for  never  have  I  met  a 
man  who  so  adequately  personifies  its  simplicity  and  its  grandeur." 

Which  made  one  of  his  listeners,  a  youth  who  can  do  more  things  with 
a  football  than  a  philologist  can  with  a  transitive  verb,  smile.  "I  don't 
get  this  Greek  drama  business,"  the  youth  said,  "but  if  G.  Huff  wants  a 
two-million-dollar  Stadium,  I'll  lay  my  collar  bone  to  a  red  cent  that 
every  living  Illini  '11  give  it  to  him." 

When,  last  winter,  "G"  first  spoke  of  a  Stadium  for  Illinois,  it 
was  said  around  the  fires  in  fraternity  houses,  at  the  tables  in  boarding 
clubs,  and  in  sorority  parlors,  that  it  must  have  been  in  his  mind  for  a 
long  time,  and  that  it  was  an  idea  with  greatness  in  it. 

It  had  been  in  his  mind  for  a  long  time.  How  long,  no  one  can  tell. 
When  Harvard  built  its  magnificent  horseshoe,  when  Yale  swung  the 
great  gray  circle  of  its  Bowl  into  student  and  alumni  life,  when  Princeton 
made  of  iron  and  concrete  and  stone  a  new  and  thrilling  symbol  of  its 
vitality,  G.  Huff  said:  "I  am  thinking  of  something  like  these,  but 
something  greater  somehow." 

He  went  on,  quietly  developing  intra-mural  athletics  until  it  saturated 
the  campus  with  the  spirit  of  sportsmanship  and  vigor,  quietly  building 
up  what  is  today  the  only  complete  college  for  athletic  coaches  in  America. 


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And  in  the  meantime  Michigan,  and  Kansas,  and 
Cincinnati,  and  Columbia,  and  Washington,  and 
Ohio  State  were  building  their  vast  arenas.  And 
then,  suddenly,  G.  Huff  was  ready. 

It  was  an  idea  with  greatness  in  it     ...    A 
memorial  to  the  Illinois  heroes  who  died  in  the 
war.    A  recreation  field,  with  tennis,  and  football, 
and  baseball,  and  hockey,  and  lacrosse,  and  arch- 
ery, and  soccer — for  all.    And  a 
Stadium. 

He  presented  his  idea  to 
seven  thousand  undergraduates, 
and  they  leaped  to  it. 


.   ''Bulky,  slow  in  speech,  smiling  that 
slow,  friendly,  sad  smile  of  his" 


JOHN  L.  (Laddie) 
McKEOWN,  '15 
"We  owe  the  Memorial  to 
those  who  died  in  the  war, 
the  Recreation  Field  to 
every  student,  and  seats  to 
our  alumni  and  visitors  to 
athletic  contests." 


F.  D.  MURPHY.  '12 

"With  Illinois'  increasing 
prominence  in  athletics, 
the  lime  is  near  when  the 
great  athletic  events  of  the 
Middle  West,  if  not  of  the 
Nation,  should  be  held  at 
our  Stadium." 


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JAMES  ASHMORE,  'OS  CL\  DE  (Ham) 

"/  believe  we  have  needed  ALWOOD,    17 

a     Stadium     for     several  A  Stadium  which  honors 

vears,  and  now  I  am  glad  '«*  dead  and  at  the  same 

to  see  that  we  are  going  to  ttrne    is   a    blessing   to   the 

get    it.      You    may    count  '*«««..  "      really      worth 

upon      my     whole-hearted  while, 
support." 


J.    GRANT   BEADLE, 

'88 
"The  Stadium  plan  is  a 
wonderful  one,  and  I 
think  that  every  alumnus 
should  certainly  get  behind 
and  do  his  or  her  bit  and, 
if  necessary,  more." 


ERNEST  OVITZ,  '09 

' '  Every  man  should  get 
part  of  his  education  on 
the  athletic  field.  Any 
movement  -which  will  give 
more  students  an  insight 
into  the  Strenuous  Life  is 
a  great  movement.  I  am 
heartily  in  favor  of  the 
Stadium." 


BOB    HOTCHKISS.    '97 

"Illinois  must  have  a  Sta- 
dium to  compete  on  an 
even  basis  with  other  uni- 
versities of  the  East  ami 
West,  and  we  should  not 
delay  the  building  of  a 
proper   athletic   center." 


ORLIE  RUE,  15 
' '  /  know  of  no  nobler 
memorial  to  war  heroes 
than  a  Stadium  and 
Recreation  Field.  It  is 
every  alumnus'  duly  to 
put  this  Stadium  on  the 
map  of  the  world." 


C.  E.  DURLAND,  '04 
"The  Stadium  project  has 
a  wealth  of  commendable 
features,  is  a  wonderful 
idea  and  deserves  the  sup- 
port of  all  Illinois  people. 
I  sincerely  hope  the  plan 
for  funds  succeeds." 


WILBUR  E.  KREBS.  16 
"The  Stadium  will  mark 
another  milestone  along 
the  road  of  Illini  tradition. 
The  idea  of  the  memorial 
is  both  fitting  and  proper. 
The  alumni  will  respond 
unreservedly." 


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THE  GREAT  MASS  MEETING  ON 
APRIL  25^  I9SII 

THE  gym  annex  looked  like  the  Chicago  Coliseum  during  the  Re- 
publican convention.  It  was  packed  with  men  and  girls,  seated  in 
orderly  rows,  with  county,  state,  and  country  standards  lifted  high. 

The  auditorium  was  compactly  filled — to  the  last  seat.  Both  build- 
ings were  electric  with  excitement.  Bands  played.  Thousands  of  horns 
tooted.  The  platforms  swarmed  with  committeemen,  University  exec- 
utives, distinguished  athletes  and  coaches. 

There  were  cheers — the  usual  cheers,  Oskey-Wow-Wow,  Chee-Hee, 
Nine-and-Seven,  and  the  rest — but  they  had  an  unusual  quality.  You 
homecomers  know  the  quality.  You've  heard  it  between  halves  at  big 
football  games. 

President  Kinley  spoke  first  at  the  auditorium,  then  at  the  gym  annex. 
He  gave  a  dignity  to  the  Stadium  idea  which  sobered  the  vast  assemblages. 
It  sobered  them  and  lifted  their  spirits  still  higher,  for  when  G.  Huff  rose 
to  speak  the  din  of  cheering  lasted  very  long. 

There  was  something  which  caught  at  the  heartstrings  of  those 
thousands  as  "G"  stood  there.  Bulky,  slow  in  speech,  this  man  kindled 
the  imaginations  of  the  counties  and  the  states  and  the  foreign 
countries.  Standards — here  "Peoria,"  there  "Philippines" — swayed  and 
swung.  The  band  blared.  Rain  streamed  down  on  the  roof  of  the 
gym  annex. 

Waiting  for  the  ovation  to  exhaust  itself,  "G"  stood  there,  smiling 
that  slow,  friendly,  sad  smile  of  his,  and  it  came  to  us  that  this  man  was 
born  in  the  wrong  age  and  in  the  wrong  country.  That  greatness  which 
everybody  senses  who  has  seen  him,  we  said  to  ourselves,  is  being  wasted 
in  a  business  age  and  a  business  country.  We  could  see  him,  serene  and 
mighty,  ruling  domains  a  thousand  years  ago — dominating  savage 
soldier  captains  with  his  mightier  quietness,  making  the  church  a  blessing 
and  the  state  a  benediction,  listening  to  the  wise  men  and,  in  his  gentle 
way,  giving  them  understanding. 

And  there  he  stood,  an  athletic  director  in  a  middle-western  college, 
with  4,000  young  men  and  women  pouring  out  their  love  and  trust  in  a 
turmoil  of  vitality,  and  with  another  2,000  in  another  building  waiting 
for  his  kindly  mien  and  his  slow  speech.     And  he  spoke  gently,  simply, 


"The  gym  annex  looked  like 
the  Chicago  Coliseum  during 
the  Republican  Convention" 


with  Olympian  moderation.  Not  a  clever  word,  not  one  oratorical 
trick.     There  are  no  epigrams  in  Greek  drama. 

"  I  want  to  see  a  great  Stadium  at  the  University  of  Illinois,"  he  said. 
"I  believe  that  you  will  get  it.  I  believe  there  is  a  great  spirit  at  this 
university.  The  Stadium  will  be  many  things — a  memorial  to  Illini  who 
have  died  in  the  war,  a  recreational  field,  and  an  imposing  place  for  our 
varsity  games.  But  it  will  also  be  an  unprecedented  expression  of  Illinois 
spirit.  The  Athletic  Association,  out  of  its  own  funds,  is  paying  the  ex- 
penses of  this  campaign.  The  money  you  pledge  will  be  devoted  solely  to 
the  Stadium.    What  you  have  started,  our  alumni  will  finish." 

Elmer  Ekblaw,  '10,  a  burly,  quick-stepping  figure,  moved  to  the  front 
of  the  platform.  Overflowing  with  gratitude  to  everyone  who  had  made 
this  moment  a  reality,  the  director  of  the  drive  spoke  boyishly,  winningly, 
from  the  heart. 

And  then  Zuppke,  small,  tense,  his  hands  rigidly  clasped  behind  his 
back,  stepped  out,  and  again  the  multitudes  broke  into  roaring  enthu- 
siasm. Like  lightning  his  sentences  zig-zagged  across  the  great  hall, 
and  when  he  ended  with  a  request  for  voluntary  donations  of  $1,000  for 
the  Stadium,  there  was  a  deep  hush  of  expectancy. 

Everybody  was  staring  out  into  the  main  section  of  the  hall,  where, 
on  floor  and  balcony,  the  United  States  was  represented.  Some  banker's 
son,  or  perhaps  the  heir  to  rolling  acres  of  farm  land,  would  rise  and  offer 
a  pledge  of  $1,000  for  his  alma  mater.  No  one  thought  of  looking 
behind  the  platform  at  the  terraces  of  Filipinos,  Latin-Americans,  South 
Africans,  Chinese,  Japanese  and  Hindu  students,  until  a  dark-haired, 
dark-eyed  youth  arose,  and  in  broken  English,  said: 

"I  will  give,  sir!" 

Pandemonium  broke  loose.  The  youth  was  hoisted  upon  the  plat- 
form. His  name  was  announced  by  Zuppke — R.  L.  Cavalcanti,  a  Latin- 
American. 


The  sorority  float  parade  on  the  day  before  the  mass  meeting 


Student  Stadium  Executive  Committee 
Top  Row:     Milton  Marx — Kenney  Williamson — Justine  Pritchard — Robert  Preble — Harold  Babbitt 
Middle  Row:     Gladys  Pennington — Clara  Dunseth — David  Malcolmson — Jeanne  White — Ann  Williams 
Bottom  Row:     William  Lockwood — Nellie  Holt — Reuben  Carlson — Anna  Coolley — Paul  Cornelison — Lois  Wine 

In  a  fever  of  excitement  came  thousand-dollar  offers  from  Princess 
Tarhata  Kiram  of  Sulu,  from  J.  C.  Aguilar  of  Tampico,  and  five-hundred- 
dollar  offers  from  everywhere  in  the  foreign  sections,  and  then  from  the 
American  parts  of  the  hall. 

A  messenger  came  from  the  auditorium,  where  "Prof."  Russell  was 
officiating,  to  announce  that  the  students  from  Cook  and  Champaign 
counties,  there  assembled,  had  pledged  themselves  for  $300,000.  One 
wondered  how  the  gym  annex  could  hold  all  that  sound,  but  within  ten 
minutes  one  marveled  more,  when  Zuppke  announced  that  we  had  in 
pledges  altogether  $700,000  from  the  undergraduate  body. 

This  achievement  may  be  credited  almost  entirely  to  the  efforts  of 
the  students  themselves.  "Two  thousand  five  hundred  of  them  were  on 
committees,"  said  Elmer  Ekblaw,  "and,  under  Reuben  Carlson  and  Ann 
Coolley,  they  seemed  to  work  as  many  business  men  would  love  to  have 
their  employes  work.  Day  and  night  they  lived  and  breathed  Stadium, 
and  the  success  of  the  drive  is  their  legitimate  reward." 

We  wish  we  could  reproduce  for  you  alumni  who  have  relinquished  the 
joyful  undergraduate  life  for  the  grimmer  struggle  for  existence  the  great 
sounds  and  sights  of  that  memorable  April  25,  the  surging  exultation  on 
every  face,  the  buoyant  talk  from  all  lips,  the  serious-eyed,  proud  faces  of 
the  streaming  lines  of  students — co-eds  and  ags,  engineers  and  L.  A.  &  S., 
commerce  and  education — as  they  left  those  halls.  Somebody  took  movies 
of  the  mass  meeting,  and  when  we  saw  them  last  Saturday  night,  we  got  the 
"kick"  all  over  again. 


BOB  ZUPPKE  BLAZED  THE  TRAIL 


THE  memorial,  said  Bob  Zuppke,  should  be  an  honor  court;  and, 
since  one  hundred  and  eighty-three  Illini  were  killed  in  the  war,  there 
should  be  one  hundred  and  eighty-three  columns  in  the  honor  court. 

People  should  enter  the  honor  court  first,  he  said,  and  then  the 
Stadium.  The  entrance  should  be  a  long,  open  colonnade  with  two 
flanking  towers.  One  of  the  towers  should  be  a  memorial  to  the  soldiers, 
the  other  to  the  sailors  and  marines;  and  there  should  be  a  memorial 
and  trophy  room. 

More  details,  many  more,  were  decided  upon.  And  Bob  Zuppke, 
chairman  of  the  Stadium  executive  council,  told  the  world  about  these 
details.  He  told  the  world  in  his  own  way.  The  towers,  he  said,  "will 
be  so  high  that  if  a  searchlight  is  placed  on  top,  they  will  illuminate 
the  name  of  Illinois  from  the  Statue  of  Liberty  to  the  Golden  Gate." 

This  is  not  academically  precise,  but  it  renders  faithfully  Bob  Zuppke's 
spirit — the  spirit  which  gave  Illinois,  in  his  second  year  here,  victory  over 
every  team  in  the  Conference,  and  the  championship;  the  spirit  which 
battled  Minnesota  to  a  tie  the  following  year,  which  won  another  cham- 
pionship in  1919  and  which  battled  the  Conference  to  the  finals  in  almost 
every  other  year,  losing  the  championship,  in  1920,  only  in  the  last  minute 


Present  Illinois  Field 


"Chuck"  Carney,  '22 
All-American  end 


Harold  Pogue,  '17 
All-Conference  halfback 


of  the  last  game — with  Ohio. 
In  this  spirit  he  went  to 
students  and  alumni  and  the 
University's  friends. 

Seventy-five  thousand 
people,  he  told  them,  will  see 
athletic  contests  in  the  great 
concrete  Stadium.  It  will  be  65 
seats  high  and  will  have  a  front- 
age of  360  feet.  If  placed  side 
by  side  in  a  continuous  row, 
the  seats  would  go  25  miles. 
And  there  will  be  a  track — a  quarter-mile;  and  perhaps  a  220-yard 
straightaway,  a  rare  and  important  feature. 

Under  the  stands  will  be  many  basketball  floors,  handball  and 
wrestling  courts,  lockers  and  showers. 

Outside  the  structure  there  will  be  a  100-acre  recreation  field  containing 
baseball  diamonds,  football  gridirons,  hockey  and  soccer  and  lacrosse 
fields,  clay  tennis  courts,  archery  courts  and  perhaps  a  polo  field. 

Larger  than  the  Yale  Bowl  and  the  Harvard  Stadium  will  be  our 
Illinois  Stadium,  he  told  them,  and  the  new  automobile  roads  from  all 
points  in  the  middle  west  will  bring  the  greatest  crowds  in  America  to  see 
the  fighting  Illini  in  sportsmanlike  conflict. 

And,  he  concluded,  it  will  take  $2,500,000  to  build  it;  for  the  memorial 
features,  $1,200,000  and  for  the  stands  $1,300,000.  Where  the  Stadium 
would  be,  he  could  not  say  for  sure,  although  it  is  likely  to  be  on  the 

new  University  athletic  field 
at  First  Street  and  Armory 
Avenue. 

Thus  Bob  Zuppke  went 
about,  to  Illini  clubs  on  the 
Atlantic  seaboard  and  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  always  accom- 
panying his  friend  "G,"  telling 
the  world  —  particularly  the 
Illini  world — of  the  plans 
which  were  growing  out  of 
"G"  Huff's  vision. 


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awings  by  Charles  Morgan,  *14 


J  HE  STADIUM!  Here  it  is  as  we  hope  to  make  it  look  when  alumni, 
students  and  friends  of  the  University  of  Illinois  have  played  their  part 
during  the  great  Stadium  Week  of  November  i,  1921:  honor  court  and 
fountain  and  triple-deck  stands;  colonnades  and  towers  and  wide-spread- 
ing fields —  a  Held  for  sports,  and  an  everlasting  source  of  inspiration. 


Detail  sketch  of  one  corner  of  Stadium  from  field 


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RODNEY  L.  BELL,  '09 
'*/  think  the  Stadium  is 
the  finest  thing  for  Illi- 
nois athletics  that  could 
be  done ,  and  I  will  be 
mighty  glad  to  have  the 
Privilege  of  paying  my 
share." 


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F.  M.  BANE,  '15 

"The  idea  of  building  a 
Stadium  is  a  splendid  one 
and  entirely  in  keeping 
with  the  development  of 
the  University." 


WILLIAM  H.  (Bill) 
WOOLSTON 
"Alumni  and  students  of 
the  University  of  Illinois 
should  put  alt  their  energy 
into  the  movement  to  build 
a  Stadium." 


CHESTER  C.  (Bull) 
ROBERTS.  '12 

"From  the  practical  side, 
•we  need  it  badly.  If  the 
miracle  of  the  last  decade 
of  our  growth  and  in- 
fluence be  repeated  in  the 
next,  I  doubt  if  even  then 
we  will  have  builded  with 
vision  enough." 


HOWARD  N.  YATES, 
'22 

' '  Illinois  has  given  us 
much  and  we  owe  much  to 
her.  The  Memorial  Sta- 
dium gives  every  true 
Illini  the  chance  to  pay, 
in   Part,   that  debt." 


JACK  WATSON,  '16 

"Illinois  should  have  a 
Stadium.  The  Stadium 
should  be  the  means  of 
Pledging  each  Illinois 
alumnus  to  even  greater 
loyalty  than  he  now  has." 


CHARLES 
FAIRWEATHER    '04 

"With  an  unparalleled 
coaching  staff  and  un- 
paralleled teams,  we  ought 
to  have  an  unparalleled 
athletic  and  recreation 
field." 


FRED  (Cv) 
FALKENBERG,  '02 

"George  Huff  and  a  Sta- 
dium— what  greater  com- 
bination could  any  uni- 
versity  have?" 


C.  G.  LUMLEY,  '86 

"Physical  development  is 
a  vital  requisite  in  the 
making  of  a  well-rounded 
education.  The  Stadium 
will  meet  all  require- 
ments." 


H.    F.    (Slip!    COGDAL, 
'15 

"Magnificent.'  I  know  of 
no  move  the  University  or 
the  Athletic  Association 
has  ever  made  which 
pleases  me  more.  Count 
me  as  an  enthusiastic, 
supporter  of  the  Stadium 
idea." 


IRA  CARRITHERS,  '08 

"/  believe  firmly  in  the 
principle  of  intra-murat 
sports  and  I  am  strongly 
in  favor  of  the  Stadium 
because  it  will  perpetuate 
that  principle  on  a  broad 
scale." 


W.'H.  BECKER,  '17 
"The  Stadium  is  truly  an 
undertaking  of  a  worthy 
purpose.  It  deserves  the 
unreserved  support  of  all 
true    Itlini." 


H.  F.  KEMMAN,  '12 
"/  have  always  been  proud 
of  my  alma  mater,  but 
this  Stadium  project  makes 
me  feel  that  Illinois  will 
soon  be  second  to  no  Uni- 
versity in  the  world." 


JAMES  (Burley) 
NEEDHAM.  '93 
"Being  an  old-timer,  I 
could  not  realize  the  neces- 
sity of  providing  for  75.000 
spectators  until  I  attended 
the  Chicago  game  a  few 
years  ago.  I  was  con- 
vinced. We  must  expand 
or  contract." 


J    V.  RICHARDS,  '10 

"When  the  Stadium  is 
built,  the  East  will  become 
more  than  ever  impressed 
with  the  importance  of  the 
West  in  the  athletic  world. 
I  look  forward  with  pleas- 
ure to  such  a  day." 


FRANK  J.  NAPRSTEK, 

'14 
"Let  us  have  that  Stadium 
which  will  serve  not  only 
as  a  Recreation  Field  but 
as  a  fitting  War  Memo- 
rial." 


JAMES  B.  SNYDER.'09 
"The  Stadium  had  to 
come  on  account  of  the 
wonderful  growth  of  Illi- 
nois, and  I  am  very  glad 
it  has  been  started." 


J.  C.  PHELPS.  '14 

"The  Stadium  will  bring 
the  alumni  together  in  a 
warmer  kinship  than  ever 
before  and  a  live  alumni 
body  makes  a  great  uni- 
versity." 


DON  SWENEY,  '96 
"Illinois  needs  the  Sta- 
dium— alt  of  it — just  as 
planned.  I  hope  that 
Illini  as  a  whole  are  not 
less  valiant  than  our  vic- 
torious teams.  Let  us 
build  the  Stadium  and 
show  the  world  Illini 
wins." 


C.  H.  BELTING.  12 
"/  certainly  believe  that 
the  Illinois  Memorial 
Stadium  will  boost  Illi- 
nois athletics  as  nothing 
else  can  do.  I  am  back 
of  it  one  hundred  per 
cent." 


C.  N.  BOYD,  '81 
"/  am  glad  to  hear  of  the 
progress  in  the  Stadium 
drive.  When  thousands 
of  old  graduates  return, 
we  wa  n  t  room .  We  all 
see  a  great  future  for  'old 
Illinois'." 


JOHN  BUZICK.  '10 
"Good  sportsmanship  is 
my  ideal,  and  a  Stadium 
will  inspire  good  sports- 
manship. Therefore,  let 
us  help  the  great  cause,  as 
all  loyal  alumni  should." 


PERRY  GRAVES.   '15 

"The  Stadium,  backed  by 
alumni,  will  be  an  im- 
pressive memorial  to  our 
fighting  Illini,  to  our 
future  Illini." 


JOHN  T.   (Jack) 
BRADLEY.    '16 

"We  always  have  had  a 
great  man  at  Illinois — 
George  Huff;  now  we 
have  a  great  structure  to 
symbolize  him." 


HARVEY    J.    SCONCE, 

'98-21 
"The  athletic  teams  are  one 
of  the  greatest  advertising 
mediums  the  University 
has.  If  athletics  are  to 
keep  pace  with  agriculture 
engineering,  chemistry,  and 
other  departments,  we  need 
the  Stadium." 


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LEST  WE  FORGET  THOSE  1LLINI 
WHO  DIED  IN  THE  WAR 

THERE  were  nine  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-two  of  them  in 
uniform  when  their  country  called.  Trained  they  were,  for  in  their 
four  years  at  this  University  they  had  learned  what  it  means  to  wear 
a  uniform  and  they  had  caught  something  of  the  discipline  of  the  soldier. 
Willing  they  were:  183  of  them  died,  158  of  them  were  wounded,  and 
120  of  them  were  decorated  for  distinguished  service. 

Nine  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-two  ....  and  tomorrow, 
should  their  country  call  again,  there  would  be  probably  fifteen  thou- 
sand or  even  twenty  thousand.  And  perhaps  even  more  would  be  deco- 
rated— and,  perhaps,  even  more  killed  and  wounded. 

But  the  spirit  that  sent  them  into  action,  the  spirit  which  brought 
183  of  them  forever  out  of  our  vision  and  understanding,  is  still  with 
us.  It  is  a  living  thing,  and  the  Stadium  will  exist  to  keep  that  living 
thing  before  the  eyes  of  future  generations,  of  the  hundreds  of  future 
generations  who  will  walk  through  its  archways,  sit  in  its  seats  and 
move  strenuously  on  its  fields. 

Each  of  the  183  will  have  a  column  erected  to  his  memory.  This 
column  will  be  dedicated  to  him  alone,  so  that  Illini  never  will  forget 
that  Illini  have  made  the  supreme  sacrifice. 

And,  that  you  who  may  not  see  the  Stadium  and  be  in  it  as  frequently 
as  the  younger  sons  and  daughters  of  Illinois  who  are  here  today,  may 
have  near  you  always  the  names  of  those  who  gave  their  lives  in  the 
war,  we  print  these  names. 


"the  spirit  that  sent  them  into  action  .  .  .  is  a  living  thing" 


Detail  sketch  of  fountain  and  entrance,  showing  memorial  columns  which  will  encircle  the  Stadium 


Truman  Obet  Aarvig,  '18 
Alvin  James  Adams,  '20 
Charles  Patrick  Anderson,  '18 
Michael  Louis  Angarola,  'IS 
Edward  Kent  Armstrong,  '05 
Alan  Newton  Ash,  '14 
John  Willard  Bailey,  '15 
Harold  John  Barnes,  '17 
Lloyd  Kaylor  Bartholemew,  '22 
Lowell  Wilson  Bartlett,  '19 
Bohuslav  Bartos,  '19 
Beauthien 

Frank  Allyn  Benitz,  '15 
Frank  Stanley  Bennehoff,  '20 
Merrill  Manning  Benson,  '18 
Edwards  Hall  Barry,  '14 
Arthur  Lewis  Beyerlein,  '12 
Benjamin  Harrison  Bloebaum,  '13 
Irving  Jerome  Bluestein,  '19 
Vinson  Runyan  Boardman,  '17 
Arthur  Lee  Bonner,  '18 
Marcus  H.  Branham,  '20 
George  Ray  Brannon,  '15 
William  Edgar  Brotherton,  '17 
Waldo  Reinhart  Brown,  '15 
Bayard  Brown,  '16 
Harold  Charles  Buchanan 
John  Edward  Burroughs,  '08 
Charles  Bowen  Busey,  '08 
Charles  Edwin  Caldwell,  '12 
William  Joseph  Callahan,  '15 
Jay  Ira  Carpenter,  '16 
Leo  S.  Cassel,  '14 
Leslie  George  Chandler,  '18 
Minor  Judson  Chapin,  '19 
Harry  Leslie  Clayton,  '17 
Paul  McKinley  Clendenen,  '09 
Frank  Maynard  Colcord,  '14 
Henry  R.  Colton,  '19 
Linn  Palmer  Cookson,  '19 
William  Hugh  Cork,  '19 
Bruce  Nutter  Culmer,  '14 
Robert  Marshall  Cutter,  '19 
Homer  Walston  Dahringer,  '13 
John  Henry  Dallenbach,  '14 
Theo.  Frederick  Demeter,  '20 
Townsend  Foster  Dodd,  '07 
David  Woods  Dunlop,  '15 
James  Edward  Durst,  '14 
Vincent  John  Dushek,  '17 
Albert  C.  D'Vorak,  '18 
William  Franklin  Earnest,  '19 
Adrian  Clair  Edwards,  '16 
Elmo  Krehl  Eson,  '22 
A.  M.  Evans 
Emery  C.  Farver,  Grad. 
James  Alva  Gain,  '22 
Francis  Moses  Gaylord,  '19 
William  Geuther,  '21 
Lloyd  Havens  Chislin,  '18 
Ralph  Egley  Gifford,  '17 


Orlando  Merrill  Gochnaur,  '15 
Isaac  Van  Tyle  Goltra,  '06 
Thomas  Goodfellow,  '20 
Algernon  DeWaters  Gorman,  '19 
Otto  Benton  Gray,  '18 
Julius  Elmer  Gregory,  '19 
Edward  Forbes  Greene,  '03 
Robert  Marion  Greene,  '20 
Charles  LeRoy  Gustafson,  '12 
George  Philip  Gustafson,  '16 
Nelson  Gustafson,  '15 
Chester  Gilbert  Hadden,  '16 
Frederick  Hadra,  '86 
Milo  Lincoln  Haley,  '22 
William  Jacob  Hamilton,  '17 
John  Connor  Hanley,  '15 
Howard  Henry  Hardy,  '19 
Everett  Leonard  Harshbarger,  '17 
Calvin  W.  Hesse,  '18 
James  Burr  Hickman,  '15 
John  A.  Hirstein,  '17 
Cyril  George  Hopkins 
Leonard  Cunningham  Hoskins,  '17 
Peter  Marion  Huisinga,  '22 
Allen  Kirk  Hyde,  '07 
Ralph  Imes,  '17 
Frank  C.  Jarret,  '17 
Joseph  Henry  Johnston,  '16 
Hubert  Jessen,  '15 
Lenton  Willis  James,  '15 
Archibald  Floyd  Keehner,  '14 
Orris  Herbert  Kirchert,  '22 
Elmore  Archibald  Kirkland,  '20 
Robert  Dudley  Kirkland,  '20 
Bayard  Taylor  Klotsche,  '18 
John  Carl  Kromer,  '13 
Lynn  Elmer Knorr,Ass't  Comptroller 
Oscar  Edwin  Landsea,  '22 
Edgar  Alfred  Lawrence,  '16 
Theo.  Edwin  Layden,  '13 
John  Charles  Lee,  '13 
Raymond  George  Leggett,  '12 
Samuel  B.  Leiservitz,  '17 
Everett  Robertson  Leisure,  '18 
Lester  Ray  Lewis,  '21 
Wilfred  Lewis,  '07 
John  Royer  I.indsey,  '17 
Robert  Lewis  Long,  '20 
Clare  Parsons  McCaskey,  '09 
Louis  Douglas  McCaughey,  '14 
Isaac  Frost  McCollister,  '20 
Leo  Glenn  McCormick,  '21 
Joel  Furnas  McDavid,  '16 
John  McDonough,  '09 
William  Howard  Manderville,  '17 
Lewis  Vinton  Manspeaker,  '09 
Leo  Joseph  Mattingly,  '16 
Dean  Ellsworth  Memmen,  '18 
Alexander  Val  Mercer,  '07 
Russell  Micenheimer,  '20 
Donald  Joseph  Miller,  '21 


Leo  Cassins  Miller,  '06 
Wayne  Kenneth  Moore,  '18 
Alfred  Thorpe  Morison 
Guy  Edward  Morse,  '19 
William  Earl  Mosher,  '13 
Charles  Sol  Narkinsky,  '12 
John  Lowrie  Needham,  '01 
Ralph  Mathew  Noble,  '11 
Tomas  Olazagasti,  '20 
Edwin  August  Olson,  '21 
Thomas  Jefferson  Palmer,  '05 
Raymond  Webb  Parker,  '15 
Miles  McKinstry  Parmely,  '18 
Lloyd  Melvin  Parr,  '21 
Clyde  Fugate  Pendleton,  '17 
Herbert  Christian  Peterson,  '13 
William  Chandler  Peterson,  '16 
James  Blaine  Phipps,  '18 
Lewis  Irving  Pillis,  '18 
Eric  Frederick  Pihlgard,  '16 
Horatio  Nicoles  Powell,  '13 
Benjamin  James  Prince,  '18 
Hugh  Mitchell  Price,  '03 
Roy  W.  Purdun 
James  Kempt  Read,  '16 
Lawrence  Scott  Riddle,  '11 
John  W.  Sackett,  '79 
Harold  Cordes  Schreiner,  '17 
Harold  Setin  Seibert,  '20 
William  Joseph  Sense,  '14 
A.  Vernon  Sheetz,  '16 
Bruce  Lucius  Sizer,  '16 
Clarence  Walter  Smith,  '18 
Philip  Overton  Smith,  '17 
Thurston  Smith  ,'99 
William  Everett  Smoot,  '17 
Reginald  Gardiner  Squibb,  '18 
Otto  Staeheli,  '16 
Charles  Leslie  Starkel,  '18 
Harry  Henry  Strauch,  Fac.  Med., '16 
R.  DeV.  Stitt,  '15 
Harold  Hoyle  Sutherland,  '18 
Dana  Elery  Swift,  '20 
Alexander  Steven  Tarnowski,  '15 
John  Lawrence  Teare,  '17 
Ralph  Waldo  Tippet,  Grad. 
Norman  James  Tweedie,  '18 
Arnold  M.  VanDuyn,  '91 
Charles  Arthur  Wagner,  '18 
Elliott  Pyle  Walker,  '19 
Edward  Wallace,  '13 
Burt  H.  Ward,  '18 
Manniere  Barlow  Ware,  '17 
Leslie  Abram  Waterbury,  '02 
George  Lynn  Weaver,  '19 
William  Erastus  Wheeler  Jr.,  '17 
Hiram  Hannibal  Wheeler,  '07 
George  Edward  Wilcos,  '11 
Lloyd  Garrison  Williams,  '12 
Frederic  Hance  Winslow,  '04 
Warren  Crooke  Woodward,  '10 


THE  GREAT  CALL  OF  LIVING 

THOUSANDS 

IF  EACH  one  of  the  Illini  who  gave  his  life  in  the  war  could  be  met 
again  today  in  some  dim,  far-off  place,  and  if  he  were  asked  what 
kind  of  a  memorial  would  be  dearest  to  his  heart,  could  he  feel  more 
warmly  toward  any  memorial  than  to  the  memorial  which  this  Stadium 
will  be?  Could  he  ask  anything  better  than  that  his  heroism  should 
be  commemorated  in  a  place  of  beauty  where  thousands  of  living  youths 
and  maidens  shall  breathe  the  fresh  air,  shall  leap  and  run  in  wind  and 
sun,  and  shall  grow  increasingly  vigorous  and  healthy  and  better  able 
to  meet  the  problems  of  life?  Surely  the  great  Recreation  Field  which 
will  answer  the  call  of  living  thousands  will  answer  equally  well  the  im- 
perious mandate  of  the  dead  hundreds. 

Today  thousands  of  young  people  who  want  to  play  tennis  and  foot- 
ball and  baseball  and  lacrosse  and  hockey  and  soccer  and  polo  are 
practically  barred  from  any  but  the  meagerest  exercise  of  these  good 
pleasures. 

We  have  here  men  eminently  capable  of  directing  the  physical  energies 
of  our  undergraduates  into  profitable  channels. 

In  basketball,  we  have  Frank  J.  Winters,  who,  like  our  other  coaches, 
is  more  than  a  coach  in  the  narrow  sense  of  the  word.  He  is  interested 
in  encouraging  every  youth  to  play  basketball,  as  well  as  developing 
the  abilities  of  the  trained  athletes  on  the  teams.  In  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
Training  School  of  Physical  Education  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  graduated  in  1910,  he  developed  his  ability  to  give  personal 


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"It  is  the  call  of  the  living  thousands 
as  well  as  the  silent  voice  of  the  heroic 
dead  which  will  be  answered  by  the 
one-hundred   acre    Recreation  Field" 


and  careful  attention  to  large  groups  of  young  people.  As  director  of 
athletics  at  the  State  Normal  School  in  Missouri,  and  in  several  Middle- 
Western  high  schools  where  he  made  remarkable 
records,  his  talents  became  seasoned.  Since  last 
year,  when  our  basketball  team  was  in  first  place, 
until  the  last  game,  when,  by  a  trick  of  percentages, 
it  dropped  into  third  place,  he  has  been  an  Illini 
coach. 

Edward  J.  Manley,  who  has  taught  swimming 
to  good  swimmers  and  to  bad  swimmers  since  1912, 
who  was  a  member  of  the  swimming  and  water 
polo  teams  of  the  Missouri  Athletic  Club  which 
won  the  A.  A.  U.  championship,  has  an  enviable 
record.  Never  since  he  has  been  here  have  Illinois 
swimming  teams  finished  below  third  place  in  the 

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Conference,  and  at  one  time  Illinois  swimmers  held 
every  Conference  record.  Men  like  Vosberg,  one  of  the  best  crawl  stroke 
swimmers  in  the  country,  and  Lichter,  who  holds  the  world's  record  for 
the  sixty-yard  plunge,  are  products  of  Manley's,  and  men  like  Mac- 
Gillivray  and  Raithel  took  instructions  from  him. 

Manley  sees  to  it  that  every  student  in  the  University  knows  how  to 
swim  and,  in  addition  to  these  duties,  he  is  director  of  all  Intra-Mural 
and  Inter-Class  games.  He  has  developed  these  contests  until  last  year 
more  than  3,000  students,  representing  204  different  teams,  took  part 
in  them.  This  includes  football,  soccer,  basketball,  baseball,  swimming, 
boxing,  wrestling,  track,  tennis  and  golf.  And  all  this  activity  has  con- 
tinued in  spite  of  the  awkwardness  in  carrying  it  out — an  awkwardness 
due  to  the  limited  recreation  facilities. 

Arthur  J.  Schuettner,  who  directs  the  men's  gymnasium  and  is  coach 
of  gymnastics,  deals  with  the  student  who  needs  the  parallel  bars,  the 
pulleys,  the  Indian  clubs,  the  horizontal  bar  and  the  trapeze.  He  was 
supervisor  of  physical  training  and  athletics  in  the  public  schools  of 
Buffalo,  New  York,  and  has  won  many  competitions,  including  the  all- 
around  gymnastic  and  athletic  championship  of  the  United  States  at 
St.  Louis  in  1914.  He  has  developed  an  astonishingly  wide  and  con- 
sistently increasing  interest  on  the  part  of  students  in  exercise  on  gym- 
nasium apparatus. 

Paul  H.  Prehn,  who  has  made  a  remarkable  record  as  a  wrestler  him- 
self, is  developing  an  unprecedented  interest  in  wrestling  among  students. 


In  the  Inter-Allied  Games  overseas,  he  won  in  the  middle-weight  division, 
and  he  has  defeated  some  of  the  best  men  in  the  United  States  in  this 
division  since,  having  been  defeated  only  by  Johnny  Meyers,  world's 
champion  middleweight.  He  is  a  skillful  and  powerful  wrestler,  and  a 
remarkable  teacher.  He  has  produced  not  only  consistently  vigorous 
wrestling  teams  for  the  University,  but  has  brought  wrestling  and  boxing 
from  the  obscurity  of  specialized  activities  into  the  realm  of  increasingly 
popular  sports. 

Men  of  this  kind  are  symbols  of  a  new  life  at  Illinois,  of  a  higher, 
more  courageous,  fuller  life;  and  already  their  mark  is  indelibly  upon  the 
student  body.  It  is  through  them  that  we  hear  the  call  of  living  thousands, 
and  it  is  this  call,  as  well  as  the  silent  voice  of  the  heroic  dead,  which  will 
be  answered  in  the  great  one-hundred -acre  Recreation  Field  which  will  be 
included  in  the  Stadium. 


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AS  A  MONUMENT  TO  PAST  AND  AN  INSPI- 
RATION TO  PRESENT  AND  FUTURE  TEAMS'; 
AVERY  BRUNDAGE  SUBSCRIBES  $1000 

strengthening  of  the  powers,  mental 
or  physical.'  Two  thousand  years  ago 
when  ancient  Greece  was  the  center 
of  civilization,  a  man  to  be  considered 
educated  had  to  have  a  trained  body 
as  well  as  a  trained  mind.  Greek 
culture  was  mental  and  physical  and 
there  resulted  that  glorious  and  en- 
lightened age  of  Hellenic  supremacy 
in  literature,  athletics,  civics  and  art 
that  has  never  been  surpassed. 

"Some  day  physical  training  in  its 
broadest  sense  will  be  as  much  and 
as  important  a  part  of  our  educational 
program  as  mental  training.  We  have 
the  best  athletic  department  in  the 
United  States  today  at  the  University 
of  Illinois — we  must  have  the  best 
athletic  plant.  As  a  monument  to 
past  and  an  inspiration  to  present 
and  future  teams,  I  am  glad  to  con- 
tribute to  the  building  of  the  most 
imposing   Stadium    in    the   country." 


Avery  Brundage,  'op, 
three  times  amateur  all 
around  track  champion 
of  the  United  States  and 
a  star  at  the  Olympics 


STRENGTH,  speed,  agility,  stam- 
ina, and  endurance  are  not  the  only 
qualities  acquired  on  the  athletic  field. 
The  value  of  the  resourcefulness,  loyalty, 
ability  to  think  quickly,  gameness,  good 
sportsmanship,  will  power  and  poise 
learned  under  the  direction  of  competent 
coaches  cannot  be  over-emphasized  in 
the  development  of  men. 

"The    dictionary    says    that    culture 
is    'the    training,    development,    or 


mmxxmswmzmpsMm'iS. 


THE  SPURTING  TURF  THE  HURTLING 
JAVELIN.THE  SPINNING  DISCUS 
-AND  HARPvYGILL 


I 


T  doesn't  matter  very  much  whether  we  seem  to  have 
phenomenal  track  men  or  not,  so  long  as  we  have 
with  us  Harry  Gill.  Out  of  gasping  novices  he  seems 
to  make  consistent  winners  of  first  place,  out  of  strain- 
ing youngsters  he  seems  to  make  leaping  wonders,  out 
of  big,  bulky  slow-moving  young  giants  he  seems  to 
make  the  source  from  which  a  heavy  discus  spins  and 
swirls  across  great  distances  or  from  which  the  long, 
slender  javelin  seems  to  vibrate  amazingly  through  the  air. 
Avery  Brundage,  three  times  the  all-around  cham- 
pion of  America;  Billy  May,  who  still  holds  many  dash 
records;  Jack  Case  of  the  1912  Olympics,  and  Fred 
Henderson,  who  holds  our  880-yard  record,  are  some 
of  his  outstanding  achievements. 

But  teams  are  his  specialty  rather  than  individuals, 

and  victories  rather  than  startling  single  records.    So, 

Harry  l.  c.xii  jn  Spi|-e  0f  j-ne  fact  that  Illinois  has  its  share  of  individual 

record-breakers,  we  have  won,  since  Harry  Gill  came  here  in  1906,  67  dual 

meets  out  of  73.     We  have  won  the  Big  Ten  Outdoor  Conference  meet 

5  times  in  14  years  and  the  Indoor  Intercollegiate  4  out  of  10  times. 


"Mike"  Mason,  '  16 

who  beat  Joie  Ray  in 

the  mile 


Fred  (  Alabam  J 

Henderson,  '14,  our  880-yard 

record-holder 


Bob  Emery,  '20 

holds  Illinois  record  for 

the  440 


Billy  May,  '00, 

one  of  our  greatest 

dash  men 


THE  SECRET  OF  OUR  SUPERIORITY  IN 

BASEBALL 


E 


Carl  L.  Lundgren,  '02 


SO 


VERYBODY  knew  that 
some  day  there  would  be 
too  many  things  for  G.  Huff  to 
do.  Everybody  wondered  where 
this  greatest  of  all  baseball 
coaches  could  find  a  successor. 
220  won  out  of  299  games  played 
is  a  precedent  great  enough  to 
dishearten  almost  anyone. 

But  Carl  L.  Lundgren,  '02, 
who  pitched  for  the  Chicago 
Cubs,  who  was  assistant  coach 
at  Princeton  and  who  was  head 
coach  at  Michigan  for  seven 

years,  stepped  in  and  won  a  championship  in  his  first  year — 1921 
beautifully  that  it  was  hard  to  believe  "G"  wasn't  there. 

"Lundy"  began  with  an  inexperienced  squad  of  players  and  devel- 
oped three  excellent  pitchers.  He  taught  his  team  how  to  bat,  how  to 
field,  how  to  run,  and,  best  of  all,  how  to  think.  Out  of  12  Conference 
games  we  lost  only  one,  and  always  in  a  crisis  our  team  showed  power 
and  coolness  and  the  fighting  Illini  spirit. 

With  the  school  which  has  the  tradition  of  men  like  "Jake"  Stahl, 

Billy  Fulton,  "Red"  Gunkel, 

Grant  Beadle,  "Shorty"  Righter, 

John  Busick  and  Frank  Pfeffer 

as  baseball  stars,  any  new  coach 

is  facing   an   apparently   insur- 
mountable wall   to  establish   a 

reputation  for  himself;  yet  today 

we  have  already  figures  like  Otto 

Vogel  and  Harry  McCurdy,  and 

kas  never  forgotten  that  t-nrnntt-nn,    .'o    o    rrl^nnrr    nmm;co  '<*?,  a  great  ball  player,  is  a 

he  is  an  Illini  tOmOrrOW    IS    a    glOWing    promise.  T.N.  E.  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa 


"GREEK  GLORY  ON  THE  PRAIRIE  ."SAYS 
PRESIDENT  KINLEY 

PERHAPS  my  greatest  interest  in  the  Stadium  is  its  cultural  effect. 
"Our  Stadium  will  bring  a  touch  of  Greek  glory  to  the  prairie. 
"Young  men  and  women  spending  four  years  of  their  lives  in  the 
vicinity  of  such  an  edifice  cannot  help  absorbing  some  of  its  lofty  inspiration. 
"A  still  more  practical  cultural  development  will  come  from  the  Greek 
theater,  seating  10,000  persons,  which  will  stand  in  the  honor  court.  It 
will  be  a  setting  for  outdoor  plays,  pageants,  May  fetes  and  music  festi- 
vals enriching  the  imagination  of  the  participants  and  the  beholders. 

"The  setting,  that  of  an  old  Ital- 
ian garden, with  the  proscenium  arch 
at  one  end,  with  the  colonnades, 
archways  and  shining  towers  of  the 
entrance,  will  bring  an  appreciation 
of  old-world  beauties,  of  fine  and 
eternal  traditions,  which,  blended 
with  the  ruggedness  and  shrewd 
intelligence  of  our  people,  will  help 
us  to  realize  the  greatness  which  is 

"The  Greek  theater  will  be  a  setting  for  outdoor  ..      .     .    ,       ,, 

plays,  pageants,  May  fetes  and  music  festivals"        OUT  Dirtmlgnt. 


"1  LOVE  THE  PAST  BECAUSE  I  SEE  THE 
FUTURE," SAYS  PRESIDENT- EMERI- 
TUS JAMES 

THERE  is  a  room  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Administration  building 
which  is  reserved  for  Dr.  Edmund  Janes  James,  President-Emeritus. 
After  having  been  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States  in  order  to 
recover  the  health  which  he  lost  in  service  to  his  University  and  his  coun- 
try, he  came  back  for  a  while  to  Urbana.  It  was  in  this  office,  at  his  old 
desk  with  long  shelves  full  of  books — books  of  literature,  statistical  books, 
books  of  history  and  books  dealing  in  many  ways  with  the  adventures  of 
mankind;  all  books  very  dear  to  the  heart  of  Dr.  James — he  leaned  back 
in  his  old  swivel  chair  and  talked  about  the  subject  which  is  nearest  to 
his  heart,  the  proposed  memorial  Stadium  and  recreation  field. 

As  he  sat  there,  straight  and  proud,  it  was  very  easy  to  picture  him 
again  in  his  military  uniform,  on  horseback,  cantering  through  the  streets 
of  Urbana  and  Champaign,  saluting  the  many  students  and  faculty  men 
who  loved  him.  It  was  easy  to  see  him  again  in  that  big  office  of  the 
President,  genial  and  yet  rigorous,  crisp  but  sympathetic,  understanding 
always  the  little  things  and  never  losing  his  grip  on  the  big  things,  both 
of  today  and  tomorrow. 

"I  have  been  the  president  of  an  adolescent  university  which  is  grow- 
ing rapidly  into  maturity,"  he  said.     "I  have  also  been  and  am  a  father. 


I  know  of  no  greater  miracle  in  all  human  experience  than  the  miracle  of 
growth.  I  have  watched  with  never-ceasing  amazement  the  develop- 
ment of  my  children  and  with  similar  amazement  the  development  of — 
may  I  call  it  mine  own? — university.  There  is  a  stage  in  all  higher 
growth  where  youth  takes  the  reins  and  shapes  its  own  future.  A 
wise  father  encourages  and  applauds.  I  feel  great  joy  and  the  satis- 
faction of  doing  the  wise  thing  in  offering  my  heartiest  support  and  ap- 
proval of  the  Stadium  project. 

"I  cannot  separate  the  growth  in  athletics  at  our  alma  mater  from 
growth  in  service  to  state  and  country.  When  we  were  small,  our  athletics 
were  small.  Today  we  are  great  and  growing  greater,  and  our  athletics 
are  moving  at  an  equal  tempo. 

"It  is  a  good  thing  in  a  society  to  admire  sportsmanship,  courage, 
speed,  skill,  and  self-denial.  Athletics  teach  these  things.  I  firmly 
believe  that  a  great  soul  can  live  better  in  a  strong  body  than  in  a  weak 
one.  Any  project  which  will  give  greater  health  and  vigor  to  all  of  our 
students,  which  will  set  a  higher  standard  of  achievement  for  our  athletics, 
which  will  bring  a  reverent  and  lofty  memory  of  the  heoric  dead  to  future 
generations  and  which  will  imbue  it  all  with  the  beauty  of  beautiful  archi- 
tecture, is  a  great  project  and  one  which  every  alumnus  should  support." 


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BURT  A.  INGWER- 
SON,  '19 

"/  think  that  the  Illinois 
Stadium  will  rejuvenate 
alumni  interest  as  nothing 
has  ever  done  before;  and 
it  is  a  good  thing  for  every 
alumnus  to  stay  interested 
in  his  alma  mater." 


3 


KENNETH  (Tug) 
WILSON,  '20 

"I  think  the  finest  move- 
ment in  America  is  the 
.Stadium  movement  and 
it  makes  me  proud  to 
think  that  Illinois  will 
have  the  greatest  Stadium 
of  all." 


W.  W.  (Red)  GUNKEL. 

'16 
"Our  hearts  are  with  Illi- 
nois, and  the  Stadium  will 
not  only  make  us  proud 
as  well  as  loyal,  but  will 
give  us  seats  that  will  en- 
able us  to  enjoy  the  games." 


ft 

■J 


JOHNNY  MERRIMAN 
'16 

"//  is  only  natural  that 
Illinois  should  take  the 
lead  in  building  a  Stadium. 
Hundreds  of  Springfield 
people  would  go  to  the 
games  if  they  could  be 
sure  of  good  seals." 


H.J.  POPPERFUSS,  "10 

"The  undergraduates  have 
shown  an  amazing  spirit 
by  contributing  $700,000. 
I  know  the  alumni  will  at 
least  equal  this  great  per- 
formance." 


'  H.  A.  WHITSON.  *18 
"The  greatest  thrill  in  an 
ordinary  life  is  attending 
the  first  Homecoming  foot- 
ball game.  Many  renew 
the  thrill  annually.  The 
new  Stadium  will  solve  the 
problem  of  accommodating 
the  'Old  Timers'." 


R.  WALTER  M  ILLS.  99 
"When  I  recall  the  little, 
square,  poorly  banked, 
weedy  track  on  which  we 
used  to  run  in  the  90' s,  my 
sentiments  are  all  in  favor 
of  better  things  for  the  boys 
who  are  trying  to  clip  off 
the  fifths   today." 


GEORGE  BUCHEIT.20 

"/  envy  the  Illinois  under- 
graduate of  three  years 
from  today  the  splendid 
facilities  he  will  enjoy  for 
health  and  recreation,  but 
I  am  glad  that  I  am  an 
alumnus  and  may  boost 
the  Stadium  for  the  benefit 
of  future  generations." 


W.  E.  BURROUGHS. 
'00 

"Nothing  has  come  along 
in  a  long  time  that  has 
pleased  me  so  much  as  the 
idea  of  a  Memorial  Sta- 
dium. It  will  add  to  the 
dignity  and  prestige  of  the 
University  and  of  its 
alumni." 


J.    F.    (Heavy)    TWIST. 

■11 
"//  Illinois  doesn't  get  a 
Stadium  soon,  she  will  fall 
back  in  the  Conference , 
for  teams  like  Ohio  and 
Chicago  would  rather  play 
to  big  crowds  than 
limited  crowds." 


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CLARENCE 

AFPLEGRAM,  17 
"The  Stadium  wilt  be  a 
•splendid  memorial  to  the 
Illini  heroes  who  died  in 
the  war  berause  it  will  be 
vital,  and  a  beautiful 
memorial  '" 


A.  H.  (Mike)  MASON. 
'16 

"/  think  a  Stadium  will 
inspire  manv  students  to 
participate  more  actively 
in  athletics  and  that  is  a 
very    important    thing." 


C.  B.  OLIVER,    12 

"The  Stadium  idea  is  a 
great  one,  but  not  too 
great  for  the  University 
of  Illinois." 


F.   W.   VON  OVEN.    '98 

"/  am  heart  and  soul  in 
favor  of  a  Memorial  Sta- 
dium and  Recreation 
Field.  Every  alumnus 
should  feel  proud  of  his 
alma  mater  and  should 
show  his  loyalty  now  if 
ever." 


J?  -^Q  H 

Iff 


ff, 


• 


RAY  WOODS.    17 

"The  Stadium  will  be  a 
point  of  pride  to  all  Illi- 
nois men  and  women  and 
will  enable  us  to  answer 
the  criticism  that  alumni 
of  state  universities  have 
little  pride  in  their  insti- 
tutions." 


CARL 
STEINWEDELL.  '03 
"Whenever  George  Huff  is 
back  of  anything.  the 
proposition  needs  no  in- 
vestigation. Let's  put  this 
Stadium  over  big  for  him!" 


TOMMY  JASPER.  '9-1 
"Long  live  the  Stadium.' 
We  have  and  will  need  it 
to  give  us  the  proper  place 
in  the  sun  in  competition 
with  other  large  universi- 
ties." 


47J» 


KRAFT.  "18 

expression     of 


REN 

"As     an 

Illinois  spirit  and  loyalt 
no   better   medium    can   be 
found  than  the  Stadium." 


J.  F.  (Jimmy) 
BRETON.    14 

"/  feel  safe  in  predicting 
that  ten  years  from  today 
even  this  great  Stadium 
will  not  be  large  enough  to 
handle  the  crowd  that  will 
attend  athletic  contests  at 
Illinois." 


HARVEY  D. 
McCOLLUM.  01 
"//  you  ever  felt  the  fight- 
ing Illinois  thrill  on  the 
bleachers,  or  responded  to 
it  on  the  field,  boost  for 
this  long  felt  want,  ap~ 
propriate  and  necessary — 
the  Stadium." 


E    A.  WILLIFORD.  '15 

"The  Stadium  will  be  a 
Point  of  pride  to  all  Illi- 
nois men  and  women  and 
will  enable  us  to  answer 
the  criticism  that  alumni 
of  stale  universities  have 
little  pride  in  their  insti- 
tutions." 


J.    R.  CASE,  '13 

"Outside  of  the  idealistic 
value  of  the  Stadium,  I 
think  every  alumnus  will 
be  glad  to  make  an  invest- 
ment which  will  give  him 
an  option  on  good  sects  for 
all  vames." 


CHARLES  P. 
VAN  GUNDY,  '88 

"/  think  the  Stadium  is 
an  excellent  idea  from 
every  standpoint  and  I 
will  help  to  the  extent  of 
my  ability  to  insure  its 
success." 


LYLE  HERRICK.    03 

"I  am  proud  of  the  splen- 
did showing  made  by  the 
undergraduates  when  thev 
pledged  $700,000  and  I 
know  that  our  alumni  will 
go  them  one  better." 


VIRGIL  T.  J  ESSEN.    21 

"/  firmly  believe  that  the 
Stadium  will  be  a  success, 
because  a  Stadium  for 
Fighting  Illini  will  mean 
a  Stadium  for  all  Illini." 


A.   W.    MERRIFIELD. 
92 

"//  is  the  best  project  ever 
undertaken  by  good  old 
Illinois." 


T.  E.  LYONS.  11 
"The  leading  educational 
institution  of  the  Middle 
West  is  deserving  of  an 
athletic  plant  in  keeping 
with  its  position.  The 
Stadium  should  receive 
the  undivided  support  of 
every  one  of  us." 


C.  H.  WATTS.  '13 
"I  think  the  Stadium  wilt 
be    the    crow/ting    achieve- 
ment of  the   University  of 
Illinois." 

x5ff 

PAUL  r. 

HAZELWOOD.  '12 
".4.  glorious  memorial  to 
the  dead  of  the  University 
and  the  State  is  something 
which  must  touch  the 
depths  in  every  patriotic 
American.  Such  a  memo- 
rial will  be  the  Stadium." 


EUGENE 
SCHOBINGER.  15 
"The  Stadium  will  prove 
to  the  world  that  the  or- 
ganization and  coopera- 
tion on  the  campus,  which 
has  made  the  University 
great,  exists  also  among 
the  alumni." 


C.  J.  ROTHGEB.  04 
"The  proposed  Memorial 
Stadium  and  Recreation 
Field  has  aroused  my 
interest  in  Illinois  to  an 
even  more  intense  degree 
than  it  was  when  /  was  an 
undergraduate — and  that 
is   going    some!" 

E.  B.  (Shorty) 
RIGHTER.    10 

"/  believe  that  the  grandest 
thing  the  alumni  can  do  to 
further  the  success  of  the 
great  Memorial  Stadium 
is  to  open  their  hearts  and 
their   pocketbooks." 

WILLIAM  F.  SLATER. 
'94 

"The  Stadium,  a  memorial 
to  the  boys  who  made  the 
'Great  Sacrifice.'  deserves 
our  greatest  support  and 
loyalty." 


a.  p.  Mcdonald.  '16 

"At  last  we  have  some- 
thing big  enough  to  meas- 
ure up  to  the  calibre  of 
George  Huff — a  Stadium!" 


BASIL  BENNETT.  '1? 

"The  Stadium  would  be 
a  great  influence  in  at- 
tracting men  into  athlet- 
ics. It  would  develop 
more  competition  and  give 
everyone  a  chance.  Every- 
one should  push  the  drive 
and  give  his  mite." 


I 


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SEVEN  THOUSAND  YOUNG 
EYES  ARE  UPON  YOU,  MR.  ILLINI  f 


Merle  J.  Trees,  '07,  was  Phi  Delta  Theta, 
Phoenix.  Civil  Engineering  Club,  University 
Band,  and  on  the  class  football  team  in  his 
undergraduate  days.  When  he  graduated,  he 
became  a  foreman  with  the  Foundry  Griffin 
Wheel  Company.  Soon  after,  he  went  with  the 
Chicago  Bridge  and  Iron  Works  and  rose 
until  today  he  is  Vice-President.  lie  is  a 
member  of  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers, 
the  Chicago  Engineers  Club,  the  University 
Club  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  Illini  Club,  the 
New  York  Engineers  Club,  the  A.  S.  C.  E., 
and  is  President  of  the  National  Railroad 
Appliances  Association. 


To  All  Illini  Everywhere: 

You  read  "The  Story  of  the  Stadium"  with  many  and  mixed  emotions.  Among 
them  surely  is  a  poignant  feeling  of  regret  that  the  student  body  of  which  you 
were  a  part  did  not  have  the  opportunity  for  such  an  achievement. 

But  your  opportunity  is  at  hand. 

Yours  is  the  high  privilege  today  of  carrying  to  a  successful  conclusion  the 
Stadium  campaign  so  well  begun  by  the  students  last  Spring. 

Seven  thousand  young  eyes  are  upon  you,  Mr.  Illini;  seven  thousand  young 
hearts  and  minds  eagerly  await  your  cooperation  and  support. 

Their  spirit  has  electrified  the  public  mind  with  confident  expectations  as  to 
what  you  will  do. 

In  every  state  in  the  Union,  and  in  foreign  countries,  college  men  know  about 
this  great  Stadium  project.  They  are  looking  forward  to  the  day  when  it  becomes 
a  reality. 

You  will  make  that  day. 

You  have  the  Illini  heart,  the  Illini  spirit. 

To  that  heart  and  spirit,  as  President  of  the  Alumni  Association,  I  now  appeal. 

Let's  get  together  and 

"Build  That  Stadium  for  Fighting  Illini!" 

Loyally  yours, 


l/t^J^^ 


President,  Unhersity  of  Illinois  Alumni  Association. 


"I  AM  BUYING  $10000  WORTH  OF  HAP- 
PINESS'-ROBEKT  E  CAKPv 


Robert  F.  Carr,  'qj,  was  president 
of  his  freshman  class,  a  Major  in 
the  U.  S.  Army  during  the  war, 
Trustee  of  the  University  IQ15-21, 
and  president  of  the  Dearborn  Drug 
y  Chemical  Works  of  Chicago 
since  IQ06 


I  HAVE  found  that  I  share  most  things  with  other  people,  that  the  things 
I  do  not  share  are  not  as  enjoyable  as  the  others. 

"Pleasure  in  life  to  me  does  not  consist  of  a  one-seat  automobile,  a 
one-person  house  or  a  one-meal  table.  If  I  have  a  beautiful  home,  I  want 
others  to  appreciate  and  enjoy  its  beauty.  If  I  have  a  car,  I  want  others  to 
share  its  convenience  and  comfort.  If  there  is  good  food  at  my  table,  I 
want  the  pleasure  of  good  company  with  it. 

"When  I  pledge  $10,000  to  the  Stadium,  I  am  doing  it,  in  a  way, 
selfishly.    It  is  a  most  profitable  investment  in  happiness. 

"I  am  sharing  a  great  thing  with  a  vast  number  of  people.  I  shall  be 
able  to  point  to  that  beautiful  structure  with  a  certain  sense  of  proprietor- 
ship. I  shall  be  able  to  feel  that  I  was  substantially  a  factor  in  making 
the  Stadium  an  actuality.  I  should  rather  have  my  modest  share  in  that 
great  memorial  than  have  a  large  share  in  a  lesser  thing. 

"I  have  talked  to  other  men  about  things  of  this  kind.  I  have  asked 
them  what  their  feelings  are  about  making  financial  contributions. 
Those  among  them  who  have  given  with  any  degree  of  generosity  have  told 
me  invariably  that  they  have  never  done  anything  which  they  regretted 
less.  All  of  them  enthusiastically  insisted  that  every  year  brings  a  new 
sense  of  gladness  that  they  helped,  and  a  new  sense  of  satisfaction  that 
they  are  a  part  of  a  larger  and  greater  movement  than  any  one  man  can 
contain  within  himself. 

"I  believe  I  can  say  quite  sincerely  that  when  I  pledge  $10,000  to  the 
Stadium  I  am  buying  $10,000  worth  of  happiness." 


"WHEN  I  PLEDGED  $1000  I  WAS 
THINKJNC  OF  HOMECOMING,  IO24" 
-ALBERT  MOHR 


Albert  Mohr  has  three  sons  in  the 
University — Joseph,  '21,  who  has  been 
track  manager  and  football  manager; 
Albert,' 22,  All-Western  football  guard; 
and  Louis,  '23,  baseball  pitcher 


I  AM  not  an  alumnus  of  the  University  of  Illinois.  My  only  claim  to  a 
connection  is  that  I  live  in  the  State  and  that  my  three  sons  attended 
the  University.  But  I  feel  very  close  to  the  heart  of  the  alma  mater  of 
my  sons — as  close,  I  am  sure,  as  any  alumnus. 

"I  have  attended  the  Homecomings  regularly  for  years,  and  I  have 
never  failed  to  find  a  renewing  of  my  youth  and  a  brighter  outlook  on  life. 

"When  I  heard  about  the  Stadium,  I  pledged  $1,000.  I  made  this 
pledge  for  various  reasons,  but  one  of  them,  perhaps  the  foremost,  was 
the  picture  in  my  mind  of  the  Homecoming  football  game  in  1924,  the 
first  year  when  the  Stadium  will  have  been  built. 

"I  could  see  myself  standing,  a  tiny  figure  against  the  massive  towers  of 
the  Stadium,  with  my  sons  and  friends.  I  could  see  myself  looking  up,  up, 
up  at  the  great  graceful  white  bulk  of  the  greatest  college  stadium  in 
America,  and  at  a  moment  like  that  it  is  very  good  for  one  to  know  that  he 
has  a  vital  part  in  the  whole  affair. 

"I  could  see  myself  going  through  the  honor  court,  examining,  on  the 
Doric  columns,  the  inscriptions  to  the  dead  war  heroes.  I  could  see  myself 
entering  the  great  gates  and  mounting  across  vast  tiers  of  seats  to  my 
special,  reserved  place — always  with  my  sons  and  with  their  friends 
and  my  friends. 

"It  was  such  a  vision  mainly  which  made  me  so  eager  to  pledge  $1,000 
and  which  makes  me  now  very  glad,  indeed,  that  I  made  that  pledge." 


"OURILLINI  MUST  WORKTOGETH  ERAS 
THEY  HAVE  NEVER  DONE  BEFORE" 
says  SENATOR  WILLIAM  B.McKlNLEY 

IN  THE  great  Memorial  Stadium  and  Recreation  Field  projected  for 
our  campus  I  see  the  beginning  of  greater  glory  and  finer  loyalty  for 
old  Illinois. 

"If  we  are  to  have  a  Stadium  worthy  of  our  class  sportsmanship 
and  our  athletic  prowess;  if  we  are  to  have  a  Memorial  symbolic  of 
the  courage  and  loyalty  and  devotion  of  our  men  and  women,  our  Illini 
must  stand  together  and  work  together  as  they  have  never  done  before. 
The  project  demands  our  loyal,  united  support. 

"This  movement  heralds  the  dawn  of  a  new  day,  when  every  alumnus 
shall  feel  his  deep  obligation  to  his  alma  mater  and  realize  his  own  indi- 
vidual responsibility  for  her  continued  progress  and  greater  usefulness. 
The  movement  expresses  the  conviction  of  our  people  that  we  must  pro- 
vide for  the  development  of  sound   healthy  bodies  to  nurture  sound 

healthy  minds." 

William  B.  McKinley,  76 


'A  FITTING  TESTIMONIAL 

OF  AFFECTION"^ 
GOVERNOR  LEN  SMALL 

THE  great  institution  of  learning 
maintained  by  the  State  of  Illinois 
at  Urbana  is  to  be  enriched  and  aug- 
mented by  the  erection  of  a  magnificent 
Stadium  and  Recreation  Field,  the  gift 
of  the  alumni  of  the  University. 

"The  University  of  Illinois  ranks 
among  the  first  in  the  United  States, 
and  it  is  contemplated  that  the  pro- 
posed arena  for  athletics  and  sports 
shall  also  take  first  place  among  the 
stadia  of  the  country. 

"The  people  of  Illinois  may  take 
great  pride  in  a  memorial  so  mag- 
nificent, so  dignified  and  yet  so  fraught 
with  rich  life  and  vigor  for  the  youth 
of  today  and  tomorrow.  The  promi- 
nent place  which  our  University  has 
won  in  the  athletic  world  is,  I  believe, 
a  true  indication  of  the  vitality  which 
is  characteristic  of  our  State.  This 
gift  is  a  generous  and  fitting  testi- 
monial of  the  affection  in  which  the 
graduates  hold  their  alma  mater." 

Len  Small. 


"ASTADIUMWILLBEA 

FINETHING'w^SENATOR 

MEDILLMcCORMICIC 


■'AGi 

f\  R 


iREAT   Memorial  Stadium    and 
Recreation  Field  at  our  State  Uni- 
versity will  surely  be  a  fine  thing. 

"I  am  proud  of  our  University,  and 
I  hope  that  everything  essential  to 
her  work  in  developing  and  training 
our  youth  to  its  highest  usefulness  and 
efficiency  may  be  provided.  I  firmly 
believe  that  carefully  supervised  ath- 
letic training  is  as  essential  as  intel- 
lectual or  manual  training. 

"Everywhere  in  our  land  great 
stadiums  are  being  built.  They  are  a 
material  expression  of  our  national 
zest  and  joy  in  clean,  healthful  athletic 
competition.  On  the  campus  of  the 
University  of  Illinois,  the  Stadium 
movement  should  attain  its  climactic 
development  in  a  temple  of  incom- 
parable beauty  and  dignity,  a  monu- 
mental structure  which  will  be  a 
wonderful  Stadium,  a  worthy  memo- 
rial, and  a  significant  symbol  of  Mini 
loyalty  and  courage — all  in  one!" 

Medill  McCormick. 


"THE  PROPOSALTO  ERECT 

A  STADIUM  SHOULD 

COMMEND  ITSELF  TO 

EVERY  ILLINOISAN" 

says  EX-GOVERN  OR 

EDWARD  F.  DUNNE 

THE  proposal  to  erect  a  Memorial 
Stadium  dedicated  to  the  memory 
of  the  Illinois  dead  in  the  World  War 
is  one  which  should  commend  itself  to 
every  Illinoisan,  and  particularly  to  the 
students  and  alumni  of  our  great  Uni- 
versity. As  outlined,  the  program  will 
furnish  to  our  University  one  of  the 
greatest,  if  not  the  greatest,  Stadium 
and  athletic  fields  in  the  world.  The 
students  of  the  University  have  already 
shown  a  magnificent  spirit  in  subscrib- 
ing seven  hundred  thousand  dollars  to 
the  total  of  two  million  needed  for  the 
completion  of  this  noble  enterprise.  I 
have  not  the  slightest  doubt  but  that 
the  alumni  and  friends  of  the  Univer- 
sity throughout  the  state  and  nation 
will  do  their  part  within  the  next  few 
weeks  in  completing  a  subscription  of 
two  million.  As  designed,  this  Stadium 
will    not    only    furnish    badly    needed 


"1  SINCERELY  HOPE  THAT 
THIS  NOBLE  CONCEPTION 
SOON  MAY  BECOME  AN 
ACCOMPLISHED  FACT," 
says  EX-GOVERNOR 
FRANK  Q  LOWDEN 

THE  great  institution  of  learning 
maintained  by  the  State  of  Illinois 
at  Urbana  is  to  be  enriched  and  aug- 
mented by  the  erection  of  a  magnifi- 
cent Stadium  and  Recreation  Field, 
the  gift  of  the  alumni  of  the  Uni- 
versity. The  University  of  Illinois 
ranks  among  the  first  in  the  United 
States,  and  it  is  contemplated  that 
the  proposed  arena  for  athletics  and 
sports  shall  also  take  first  place  among 
the  stadia  of  the  country.  This  gift 
is  a  generous  and  fitting  testimonial 
of  the  affection  in  which  the  graduates 
hold  their  alma  mater." 

Frank  O.  Lowden. 

facilities  for  athletics  in  the  University, 
but  will  establish  a  monument  to  the 
patriotism  of  Illinois  to  which  every 
Illinoisan  can  point  with  pride." 

Edward  F.  Dunne. 


'.  .  ••/• ;    :  .:.'V:  •'":  :• : :  .• 

THE  PAYMENT  SCHEDULE  IS  SIMPLE 
AND  CONVENIENT 

YOU  don't  pay  a  cent  until  January  1,  1922.  Then,  if  you  have  sub- 
scribed the  regular  quota,  which  is  $100,  you  have  2lA  years  in  which 
to  pay.  The  payments  will  be  due  every  6  months,  on  January  1  and  July 
1  of  each  year,  ending  on  July  1,  1924.    Each  payment  will  be  $20. 

If  you  have  subscribed  $200,  which  is  the  honor  quota,  you  have  5 
years  in  which  to  pay.  The  payments  will  be  due  likewise  every  6  months. 
Each  payment  will  be  $20.     The  last  payment  will  come  on  July  1,  1926. 

If  you  have  subscribed  more  than  $200,  you  pay  one-tenth  of  your 
total  subscription  every  6  months  for  5  years.  Do- not  send  the  Athletic 
Association  a  check  or  money  in  any  form.  You  will  be  called  on  by 
alumni  who  are  voluntary  solicitors  and  you  will  be  given  cards  to  sign. 
If  you  live  far  from  an  Illini  organization,  you  will  receive  cards  in  the 
mail.  When  you  sign  these  cards,  you  will  get  a  receipt.  That  is  all  you 
have  to  do  until  January  1,  1922,  when  the  first  payment  is  due. 

With  each  $100  pledge  you  receive  an  option  on  one  good  seat  in 
the  Stadium  for  10  years,  or  on  2  good  seats  for  5  years.  As  your  sub- 
scription increases,  the  number  of  seat  options  increases  in  the  same 
ratio.  A  $200  subscription  entitles  you  to  2  seats  for  10  years,  or  4  seats 
for  5  years.    And  so  on. 

Memorial  columns  may  be  subscribed  for  and  dedicated  to  any 
Illini  who  died  in  the  war.  Such  a  subscription  is  fixed  at  $1,000.  It 
entitles  you  to  a  bronze  tablet  on  the  column  with  your  name  inscribed 
upon  it.  It  also  entitles  you  to  an  option  for  10  years  on  20  seats,  or  for 
5  years  on  40  seats.  None  of  the  options  will  be  maintained  longer  than 
10  years. 

Please  get  out  a  pencil  tonight.  Reread  this  page  carefully,  and 
figure  how  much  you  can  afford  to  subscribe  to  your  alma  mater  for  a 
memorial  Stadium  and  recreation  field. 

Do  not,  under  the  influence  of  your  enthusiasm  for  your  University, 
promise  more  than  you  are  sure  you  can  afford  to  give.  Stadium  sub- 
scriptions should  be  given  with  an  untroubled  mind. 

Wheri  you  have  gone  over  the  figures  carefully,  make  your  decision, 
so  that  you  will  know  exactly  what  to  do  when  you  are  asked  to  build 
that  Stadium  for  fighting  Illini. 


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